The Problem.
Many articles on Wikipedia could use an image, but the only corresponding images on iNaturalist currently lack an appropriate sharing license (CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). The following taxa have been identified as being needed on Wikipedia and worthy of requesting a license change. If you identify another such image then please add it to the list below.
A list of those images with licenses that have been changed are given further below in this thread.
A separate wiki list is kept for those images also not represented on Wikimedia Commons but do not yet have a corresponding Wikipedia article. These images would be useful for future articles on the subject.
The Numbers
523 Image license change requests sent to 494 users
367 responses received (70%)
327 positive responses (95%), 30 requests stalled, 16 refusals
302 Image licenses changed by 281 users
23 users then applied these changes to all their other images as well.
Images needed
Here is a list of a selection of taxa that have research grade images on iNaturalist but no corresponding image on Wikipedia:
Abronia campbelli (Campbell’s Alligator Lizard) - license change requested 03 Jan 2022
Acanthixalus sonjae (Ivory Coast Wart Frog) - license change requested 03 Jan 2022
Acontias albigularis - license change requested 07 Jan 2022 (n.b. first user refused request)
Acontias grayi (Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Acontias parietalis - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Adelophis copei (Cope’s Mountain Meadow Snake) - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adelophryne maranguapensis - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adenomera lutzi (Lutz’s Tropical Bullfrog) - license change requested 06 Jan 2022
Afrixalus laevis (Smooth Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus orophilus (Kivu Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus uluguruensis (Uluguru Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus wittei (De Witte’s Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Alcyopis cyanoptera - license change requested 18 Mar 2021 with reminder on 10 May 2022, and second user asked on 16 Jan 2022.
Allobates caeruleodactylus - license change requested 08 Jan 2022
Allobates juanii - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allobates marchesianus (Dull Rocket Frog) - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allobates nidicola - waiting until user (pedroivosimoes) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Allocapnia maria (Two-knobbed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia minima (Boreal Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Allocapnia recta (Eastern Snowfly) - waiting until user (owenstrickland) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Allomallodon popelairei - license change requested 28 Mar 2022
Alsodes igneus (Tolhuaca Spiny-chest Frog) - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes montanus - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes tumultuosus - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Ameerega boliviana - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Ameerega braccata - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Amietia hymenopus (Phofung River Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Amnirana lemairei (Lemaire’s White-lipped Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Amolops assamensis (Assam Stream Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Amolops granulosus - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Amolops loloensis - waiting until user ( zhaochi_zeng) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Anolis sacamecatensis - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anolis stevepoei - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anolis zapotecorum (Zapotec Anole) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus swansoni (Punctate Worm-Skink) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus leuckartii (Two-clawed Worm-Skink) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022
Anomochilus leonardi (Leonard’s Pipe Snake) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022
Ansonia albomaculata (Whitebelly Stream Toad) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Ansonia penangensis (Penang Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022
Ansonia platysoma (Flat-bodied Slender Toad) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Ansonia tiomanica (Pulo Tioman Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022
Antillotyphlops monensis (Mona Blind Snake) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Anyphaena californica - waiting until user (kschnei) has responded on a previous request (Apr 21) before sending.
Aplagiognathus spinosus - license change requested 01 Apr 2022
Aplastodiscus albofrenatus (White-fronted Tree Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Apotrophus simplicicollis - license change requested 02 May 2022
Aprasia aurita (Eared Worm-Lizard) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Archelaphe bella (Bella Rat Snake) - license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Arcovomer passarellii- license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Armoracia sisymbrioides - license change requested 03 Apr 2021
Aromobates meridensis (Mérida Rocket Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptella bicolor (Bainskloof Moss Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthroleptides martiensseni (Usambara Torrent Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptis adolfifriederici (Rugegewald Screeching Frog) - waiting until user (sekisambu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthroleptis affinis (Ahl’s Squeaker) - waiting until user (donchelu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthrosaura versteegii - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus gardneri - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus margaritae - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Aspidura brachyorrhos (Boie’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura ceylonensis (Ceylon Keelback) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura desilvai (De Silva’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few months, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Aspidura drummondhayi (Drummond-Hay’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Asterophrys turpicola (New Guinea Bush Frog) - license change requested 26 Jan 2022
Astylosternus occidentalis (Western Night Frog) - waiting until user (matthieuberroneau) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Astylosternus ranoides (Central Night Frog) - license change requested 27 Jan 2022
Atelopus mindoensis (Mindo Stubfoot Toad) - waiting until user (felipecampos) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Atractaspis dahomeyensis (Dahomey Burrowing Asp) - license change requested 30 Jan 2022
Aubria subsigillata (Brown Ball Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Baeopogon-indicator (Honeyguide Greenbul) - just asked same user (Mar 22), wait a few months before sending.
Balebreviceps hillmani (Bale Mountains Tree Frog) - waiting until user (michelemenegon) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Bamanophis dorri (Dorr’s Racer) - waiting until user (jakob) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Batrachyla nibaldoi (Nibaldo’s Wood Frog) - waiting until user (vicentevaldesguzman) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Bolitoglossa alvaradoi (Alvarado’s Salamander) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Bulia similaris (Similar Graphic) - license change requested 04 Apr 2021, reminder 24 Apr 2022 (nb. first user refused request)
Caaeteboia amarali - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Chiropterotriton arboreus (Arboreal Splayfoot Salamander) - waiting until user (smrovito) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Coptotermes gestroi (Asian Subterranean Termite) - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Cordierites coralloides - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Cordylus beraduccii (Maasai Girdled Lizard) - waiting until user (mefupa) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Cosmophasis ambonensis - requested December 07, 2021
Costoanachis semiplicata (Gulf Dove Snail) - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Criodion cinereum - license change requested 01 Sep 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Cryptotriton veraepacis (Baja Verapaz Salamander) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Derobrachus brevicollis - license change requested 02 May 2022
Derobrachus thomasi (Thomas’s Oak Borer) - license change requested 03 May 2022
Diaperasticus erythrocephalus - license change requested 05 May 2021
Dolichophis andreanus (Andreas’ Racer) - license change requested 16 Jan 2022
Echinostelium minutum - license change requested 01 Oct 2021 for genus page (although user last active in Aug 2016)
Empis maculata - wait a few months, user (raedwulf68) just changed another image
Epicaerus lepidotus - license change requested 04 Apr 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Eucapnopsis brevicauda (Shorttailed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021, reminder Apr 2022
Euthlastoblatta abortiva - license change requested 24 Apr 2021, reminder 08 May 2022
Forficula mikado - license change requested 06 May 2021
Forficula ruficollis - license change requested 06 May 2021
Funisciurus pyrropus (Fire-footed Rope Squirrel) - license change requested 15 Jun 2022
Geomys texensis (Central Texas Pocket Gopher) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Grapholita fissana - license change requested 09 Sep 2021
Gryllita arizonae - license change requested 07 May 2021
Gymnogryllus leucostictus - license change requested 07 May 2021
Halenia pulchella - license change requested 25 Jan 2021, and 16 Jan 2022 (second user).
Haplorhynchites planifrons - waiting until user (psyllidhipster) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Hemidactylus brasilianus (Brazilian Half-toed Gecko) - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Hemidactylus laticaudatus (Andersson’s Leaf-toed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Jan 2022
Heptium scamillatum - license change requested 20 Apr 2021
Heterachthes integripennis - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Hileithia differentialis - license change requested 20 May 2021
Hoplopholcus labyrinthi - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minotaurinus - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minous - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Indotyphlus battersbyi (Battersby’s Caecilian) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022
Kathroperla perdita (Longhead Sallfly) - license change requested 27 Apr 2021
Kepolydesmus anderisus - license change requested 07 Oct 2021
Laphria canis - license change requested 01 Apr 2021
Lygosoma haroldyoungi (Banded Supple Skink) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Macrotermes gilvus - license change requested 23 May 2021 (first user refused request)
Metepeira foxi - license change requested 25 Apr 2021
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) - license change requested 25 Mar 2021, and 17 Jan 2022 (second user)
Monodesmus callidioides - license change requested 08 May 2022
Nealcidion cuspidatum - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Neocompsa gaumeri - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Neocompsa intricata - license change requested 31 Mar 2021
Neocompsa tenuissima - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Nephrurus sheai (Kimberley Rough Knob-tailed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Oct 2021
Ochraethes viridiventris - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Odo patricius (genus and family page) - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Oncideres angaturama - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Oncideres digna - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres diringsi - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres fulva - license change requested 21 Mar 2021
Oncideres limpida - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Oncideres scitula - wait for response from Neocompsa tenuissima request (19 Apr 2021)
Ophonus subquadratus - license change requested 13 Apr 2022
Orthomegas jaspideus - license change requested 10 May 2022
Orthomegas irroratus - license change requested 10 May 2022
Orthomegas monnei - license change requested 10 May 2022
Palaemnema gigantula - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Paraperla wilsoni (Chilliwack Sallfly) - wait until prev req answered
Pardosa mackenziana (Mackenzie’s Thin-legged Wolf Spider) - license change requested 23 Apr 2021
Peasiella tantilla - license change requested 11 Apr 2022
Perdita malacothricis (Desert Dandelion Fairy Bee) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (Jan 2022)
Perideridia lemmonii (Lemmon’s Yampah) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Pipa arrabali (Arrabal’s Suriname Toad) - wait until prev req answered (Jan 2022)
Poecilopyrodes pictus - license change requested 11 May 2022
Protopiophila litigata (Antler Fly) - license change requested 19 Mar 2021
Pselliopus zebra - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Pseudopostega cretea - license change requested 18 Mar 2021, reminder 19 Feb 2022
Ptychadena ansorgii (Ansorge’s Ridged Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Quercus urbanii - first user unsure of identification. second user contacted 27 Apr 2021
Reticulitermes hageni - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Robinsonella mirandae - license change requested 04 Jun 2022
Sciocoris longifrons - waiting for reponse from same user (pfau_tarleton) on another request.
Skwala americana - license change requested 28 Apr 2021
Spondias radlkoferi - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Stenoptilodes brevipennis - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Strongylognathus arnoldii - license change requested 15 Feb 2022
Sturnira ludovici (Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat) - license change requested 22 Mar 2021
Tantilla planiceps (Western Black-headed Snake) - license change requested 10 Apr 2022
Tepuihyla edelcae (Ayarzaguena’s Tree Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Thoracibidion striatocolle - license change requested 24 Mar 2021
Tillandsia elongata - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Tropidion personatum - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Turdinus marmoratus (Marbled Wren-Babbler) - license change requested 25 Mar 2022
Turpinia occidentalis - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Tylomys nudicaudus - license change requested 09 Nov 2020, and 27 Mar 2021
Vostox apicedentatus (Toothed Earwig) - license change requested 06 May 2021
Yuhina everetti (Chestnut-crested Yuhina) - license change requested 26 Mar 2022
License change initiated but now stalled
Acleris foliana - license change requested 19 Apr 2022 - user selected NC/ND caveats
Acontias tristis (Northern Cape Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022 (n.b. not needed as CC-BY-SA image now available)
Agalychnis medinae - license change requested 08 Jan 2022
Allobates wayuu - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Ambystoma rivulare (Michoacan Stream Salamander) - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Amolops hainanensis (Hainan Torrent Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Anolis carpenteri - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Asiadodis yunnanensis (Chinese Shield Mantis) - license change requested 23 Feb 2021, and 16 Jan 2022 (second user), reminder Mar 2022
Atheris barbouri (Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper) - license change requested 29 Jan 2022, user may prefer -CC-BY-NC license.
Coprinellus aureogranulatus - license change requested 28 Sep 2021
Crimona pallimedia - license change requested 24 Apr 2022
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Álvarez del Toro’s Hidden Salamander) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Elapsoidea nigra (Black Garter Snake) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022. User checking for other releasable images.
Eurycea waterlooensis (Austin Blind Salamander) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022. User checking with original photographer.
Euthlastoblatta facies - license change requested 24 Apr 2021, reminder 08 May 2022, user unsure of changing.
Hexoplon calligrammum - license change requested 29 Mar 2021, reminder 17 Jan and 19 Mar 2022.
Hyperaspis binotata - license change requested 29 Apr 2021, awaiting dissection results, reminder 19 Mar 2022.
Melanoplus bruneri (Bruner’s Spur-throat Grasshopper) - license change requested 20 Mar 2022
Nealcidion latum - license change requested 22 Apr 2021, reminder 13 Jan 2022
Nippoptilia minor - license change requested 22 Apr 2022
Nothopleurus castaneus - license change requested 08 May 2022
Nothopleurus madericus - license change requested 08 May 2022, user unsure of changing
Ochraethes tomentosus - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Ogcocephalus radiatus (Polkadot Batfish) - license change requested 17 Apr 2021, reminder 15 Jan 2022.
Oncideres sobrina - license change requested 21 Apr 2021, user unsure of changing
Orthomegas folschveilleri - license change requested 09 May 2022
Parastrongylaspis linsleyi - license change requested 11 May 2022
Resseliella clavula - license change requested 02 Apr 2022 - image no longer correctly identified.
Romulus globosus - license change requested 21 Jun 2022
Thelotornis usambaricus (Usambara Vine Snake) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022, reminder 19 Mar 2022.
Thoracibidion buquetii - license change requested 21 Apr 2021, reminder 19 Mar 2022.
Images unsuitable (all re-checked 16 Jan 2022)
Acanthodactylus arabicus (Arabian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request.
Acanthodactylus blanci (Blanc’s Fringe-toed Lizard) - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request.
Afrixalus equatorialis (Congo Banana Frog) - positive response, but only image is no longer RG.
Afrixalus vibekensis (Nimba Banana Frog) - only one RG observation, but contributer is not authourised to change image license.
Altiphylax tokobajevi (Tien Shan Pygmy Gecko) - only one image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Ansonia jeetsukumarani (Jeet Sukumarana’s Torrent-dwelling Toad) - only one RG image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Ansonia vidua (Murud Black Slender Toad) - only one RG observation, but contributer is not authourised to change image license.
Anurogryllus celerinictus - only one RG observation, but image obscured and blurry.
Atelopus peruensis (Peru Stubfoot Toad) - only one image, but by the same user who already refused a different request.
Bibundia hermanni - only one RG observation, but license change request refused.
Bulia mexicana - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Eucera cordleyi (Cordley’s Long-horned Bee) - license change requested 14 Jan 2021, but observation is no longer RG.
Hemidactylus homoeolepis (Arabian Half-toed Gecko) - the only RG images are by the same user who already refused a different request
Nemurella pictetii - poor image
Odontotermes obesus - image originally requested is now downgraded to genus level ID. Remaining RG observations are of termite mounds only.
Oncideres rubra - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Paracapnia opis (Northeastern Snowfly) - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Paraidemona punctata - only one RG observation, but user is deceased.
Pristoceuthophilus arizonae - the only RG image is by the same user who already refused a different request
Pristurus abdelkuri (Abdel Kuri Rock Gecko) - two observations, but both by a user who already refused a different request.
Steiroxys strepens (Shield-backed Katydid) - two observations, but both by a user who refused the request.
Texophon nessium - two observations, but both by a user who has not previously replied to a request.
Tortyra argentifascia - neither of the two RG images currently available appears to be definitive according to user:coronadogim.
Images no longer needed
Agelaia multipicta - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dejongia lobidactylus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dermanura watsoni - license change requested, user unable to change license but now no longer needed.
Heteromys salvini (Salvin’s Spiny Pocket Mouse) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Liolaemus stolzmanni (Stolzmann’s Lizard) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Neotoma macrotis (Big-eared Woodrat) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Ochraethes palmeri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Rekoa malina - license change requested but first user did not complete license change, image now no longer needed.
Rhyzobius forestieri - license change requested but now no longer needed.